Terri Nixon – A Cornish Promise

‘A Cornish Promise’ by Terri Nixon is the second book of a series. It can be read as a standalone, although the settings and characters run throughout.

The story is set on the Cornish Riviera at the Fox Bay Hotel in the 1920s. The main focus of this book is on Fiona the youngest daughter of the Fox family. She is a volunteer for the local lifeboat station which is where she is the happiest. Her biggest wish is to be allowed to go out on the actual lifeboat and when it seems this wish is to come true she triggers a chain of events that may just have dangerous if intriguing consequences for the everyone at Fox Bay Hotel. Fiona finds herself in a situation that is an impossible one, due to several things and visitors to the hotel, that causes her to find herself in a terrible position.

I adore a historical saga and, even with only reading this book, I loved the time I spent with Fiona and Fox Bay Hotel. A book that spins its story and like a spider drags you in until you feel like you are part of the actual story! Fiona is such a likeable character and I found all the characters believable and relatable.

The setting was created wonderfully, but that is obvious or I wouldn’t have felt part of the story. I thought the fact that Terri Nixon even went to the point of using Cornish dialect within the book greatly aided the feeling of realism as well. This is a story of family, secrets and of strangers that keeps you gripped and makes you want to know how everything will turn out for them all.

I recommend this series for anyone who loves a historical family saga, it is well worth reading!

Thanks to Random Things Tours and Terri Nixon for my copy of the book to bring you my thoughts today.